Forza Motorsport 5 Getting Sixty Cars For Season Pass, More Than Forza Horizon

Forza Motorsport 5 joins the long list of titles that will be supported post-launch with a season pass. The Forza Car Pass will offer fans a discounted rate (that has yet to be disclosed) for all of the content that will come after the November 22, 2013 launch.

Currently, there are six add-on packs planned with ten cars each. All of the extra cars will offer up the same “Forzavista” experience as those that come on the disc. You’ll be able design and change the livery, walk around the car, start it up, and learn all about its history.

Our TakeSeason passes are becoming all too common, but at least with this one, fans know what they are getting. Unfortunately, it’s hard to gauge the value of these 60 new cars without knowing the price tag. The season pass for Forza Horizon was $49.99, and that covered thirty-six cars (broken up into six packs). Any higher, and we’re looking at post-launch content that fully doubles the price of the base game.

As much as I love Forza, its the one franchise where the season pass pisses me off. I guess I just want all my car games to give me all the cars up front. You want to add a bunch of tracks as DLC? I'll buy them all. But don't hold back vehicles just to sell them as expensive microtransactions down the road. I hate it.

Just picked up Horizon on XBL for $15, and I have to say, a good portion of the DLC cars are crap. The worst part is the fact that you are constantly reminded of the content you don't own. The season pass at $50 to me is a complete ripoff, and $20 for the rally expansion is now overpriced. The game is surprisingly good, and unfortunately it's only the second Forza I have owned. IMO Forza 2 was better than every GT game to date, and I'm sure 3 & 4 are great. I was a little disappointed that there are literally NO adjustable tuning options. All I want is ddown force, ride height, and gear ratio. That said I highly recommend this game if you love Forza and open world racers i.e. Burnout: Paradise or NFS: MW. Wish I had faith and money in Microsoft, cause I'm gonna miss Forza and Halo

As TangentialShark said, it's a pretty good deal when you think about it. The only thing I don't like about it is you don't know what you're getting. Well? you do, but you don't. But I guess that's the risk you take to get such a good deal.

I didn't have the need (or the money) to buy all of the additional cars with Horizon, and as @coolshopp mentioned, I didn't exactly want all of them anyway. I've made this argument before about the overall number of cars. There should be a happy medium. Yes, variety is great, but I'd like quality over quantity. I really don't care about having to spend time racing a Prius just to prove that I can drive an 86 Civic. (No offense to either of those vehicles or owners; I just picked two examples of cars I don't want to race in a game.) I do like that Forza 5 just allows you to participate in different leagues, and for that I think a variety of options will be nice, but I will still like to know what all of the cars would be in every DLC before I fork over the money up front. Another thing I will commend them on with Horizon was how they did offer a free car from each DLC, so I was able to add to my collection without spending real money. It would be one thing if I knew I was going to use every single car in the DLCs, but chances are I will probably use a few at most. Having access to the "Forzavista" experience may be neat, but I can just as easily find videos on YouTube. Maybe if they were free in game, that might give me more incentive to purchase them, but while I still have to use in game money to access a vehicle I just paid real money for, that doesn't sit well with me. Please keep in mind these are my personal opinions and how this content relates to me, specifically. I understand the other side of the coin for those that can justify these types of purchases and are willing to spend the time to earn the in game money to buy these additional vehicles.

Love me some Forza, but I think their season pass should actually contain new content like night racing or new tracks not just cars. I'll wait to see what they announce before spending any more money...hoping they don't COD the franchise